Improvement in roller-skates



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. FENTON, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ROLLER-SKATES.

Specification forming part of Lettcrs Patent No. 151,768, dated June 9,1874; application filed February 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. FENTON, of Indianapolis, in the county ofMarion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Roller-Skates, of which the following is a specification:

The invention consists in a novel construction of bracket forroller-skates, constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a side view, showing the skate attached to the foot. Fig. 2is a vertical crosssection of Fig. 1, taken on the line 00 m. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section of Fig. 2, taken on "the line y 3 Similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the sole or bottom of the skate. B is the bracket, and Othe rollers. A bracket with two rollers is placed at the toe, and alsoat the heel of the skate, the two pairs being duplicates of each other,and fastened to the sole in the same manner. The bracket consists of aplate, D, having four pendent arms, E, through which the spindle Fpasses, on which spindle the rollers revolve.- The plate Dis providedwith two pivots, G, one on each side, and opposite to each other. H Hare boxes or caps,which receive the pivots, and which are fastened tothe sole of the skate by screws or rivets, as seen in the drawing. I isa spring, of rubber or other suitable material, which is placed betweenthe plate and the sole. The brackets are placed transversely across thesole, and the boxes or caps on the pivots are so formed that the bearingor weight of the person skating is received by the springs I, theelasticity of which springs gives a flexibility which allows the foot toturn in or out to guide the skates, while the pivots confine the bracketand rollers to their places.

The rollers are preferably made of wood, and revolve on the spindlebetween the arms E, as seen in the drawing. Each foot of the skater is,therefore, supported on fourrollers, so placed that he can readilybalance, and, by virtue of the elasticity afforded by the'springs, turnin any direction, and control his movements at will.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A bracket for rollerskates, consisting of a plate, D,having four pendent arms, E, and two pivots, G G, as shown anddescribed.

\ JOHN H. FENTON.

\Vitnesses:

J osnrrr D. SCAPP, HENRY V. WHITE.

